Dr Greg A. Constable of Australia has been declared the winner of 2015 the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) researcher of the year, the committee said on its website. The ICAC awards the researcher a shield, an honorarium of ...
Tags: cotton industry, cotton production
The Andhra Pradesh government’s new industrial policy has come as a shot in the arm for the textile industry in the state. According to media reports, the new policy which will be in force till 2020, provides a host of incentives for ...
Tags: Andhra Pradesh, textile industry, Textile
As on 1 January, 2015, a total of 13.958 million bales of cotton arrived at various ginneries in Pakistan, crossing the previous season’s total cotton production of 13.391 million bales. Cotton arrival increased by 10.16 per cent ...
Tags: Cotton Output, Apparel
The third meeting of Cotton Crop Assessment Committee (CCAC) kept its estimate for the cotton crop season 2014-15 unchanged from the previous meeting at 13.488 million bales. At the meeting, chaired by Amir Marwat, secretary, Ministry ...
Key priorities for further development of the Indian textile industry were identified at a three-day Uster ‘Quality University’ event held in Goa recently. Delegates at the summit explored the challenges and opportunities ...
Tags: textile industry, Textile
The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) is actively procuring raw cotton from farmers at minimum support price (MSP) and it has procured approximately 13 lakh bales by November-end at various centres in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and ...
Tags: Raw Cotton, Cotton
Cotton production in Zambia, a land-locked country in South Africa, has reduced in 2013-2014 farming season to 95,000 tonnes from 102,000 tonnes in the 2012-2013 season, Zambia Daily Mail reported. During 2013-2014 farming season, the ...
Tags: Cotton production, Cotton Ginners
The arrival of cotton at ginneries in Pakistan by December 1, 2014, has increased by 9.96 per cent year-on-year, according to the fortnightly report on cotton arrivals, prepared by the Pakistan Cotton Ginners’ Association (PCGA), in ...
The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) unveiled the World Cotton Calendar, at its 73rd plenary meeting held in Thessaloniki, Greece, this month. The World Cotton Calendar is a huge database maintained by the ICAC and it ...
Tags: World Cotton Calendar, Textile, Apparel
Applied DNA Sciences, a provider of DNA-based anti-counterfeiting technology and product authentication solutions said it has signed an agreement with a textile manufacturer to purchase its SigNature T DNA mark. The SigNature T DNA mark ...
Tags: SigNature T DNA mark, Long Staple Pima cotton, Textile
The Government of Benin has allotted a special credit to cotton farmers for cotton production, according to reports by Beninese Ministry for Microfinance. The Government of Benin has taken this step in order to increase the production of ...
A Pakistan cotton ginners trade body has demanded that cotton farmers be assured a government support price to stop their exploitation by textile mills. At a press conference, office bearers of the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association ...
Tags: Support Price, Body, Textile
A Pakistan cotton ginners trade body has demanded that cotton farmers be assured a government support price to stop their exploitation by textile mills. At a press conference, office bearers of the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association ...
Tags: Body, support price, Textile
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between National Textile Corporation (NTC) and Cotton Corporation of India Ltd. (CCI), Mumbai, for setting up a ginning & pressing factory, godown and other required infrastructure at ...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between National Textile Corporation (NTC) and Cotton Corporation of India Ltd. (CCI), Mumbai, for setting up a ginning & pressing factory, godown and other required infrastructure at ...
Tags: NTC, CCI, Apparel, Accessories